唯 (wéi)
only; alone
How 唯 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 唯
- Simplified
- 唯 (unchanged)
Components
- 口 mouth
- 隹 small bird
唯 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- wéi
- -ism; only; alone
- wěi
- yes
Common words using 唯
- 唯一 wéiyī
- only; sole
- 唯有 wéiyǒu
- only
- 唯獨 wéidú
- only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except
- 唯美 wéiměi
- aesthetics
- 任人唯親 rènrénwéiqīn
- to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism; corrupt appointment
- 唯一性 wéiyīxìng
- uniqueness
- 唯利是圖 wéilìshìtú
- to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything; self-seeking
- 唯唯諾諾 wěiwěinuònuò
- to be a yes-man
- 唯心主義 wéixīnzhǔyì
- philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
- 唯恐 wéikǒng
- for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐
- 唯物主義 wéiwùzhǔyì
- materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
- 唯物論 wéiwùlùn
- the philosophy of materialism, doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
唯 in a sentence
你是我唯一的朋友。
Nǐ shì wǒ wéiyī de péngyǒu.
“You are my only friend.”
How common is 唯?
唯 is the 1,092nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.5% of all running text.
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